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Latino USA

NPR

Latino USA offers insight into the lived experiences of Latino communities and is a window on the current and merging cultural, political and social ideas impacting Latinos and the nation.

Episodes

Portrait Of: Gloria Estefan

Nov 20 2020 • 2160 MIN

Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo Garcia was a shy, quiet young woman who joined a band named the Miami Latin Boys. Although she had no plans of international fame, and intended to continue her studie...

How I Made It: From Foster Kid to Judge

Nov 17 2020 • 876 MIN

When she was nine years-old, Xiomara Torres fled the civil war in her home country of El Salvador and came to the U.S. As a child she adjusted to her new life in East Los Angeles before she was rem...

The Myth Of The 'Latino Vote'

Nov 13 2020 • 3252 MIN

A major lesson from the 2020 election is one that Latinos already know: The idea of a single “Latino vote” is a myth. Latinos and Latinas throughout the United States draw from different histories ...

How I Made It: Las Cafeteras

Nov 10 2020 • 836 MIN

Las Cafeteras are a band out of East LA that met while doing community organizing. They began playing at the Eastside Cafe, where they discovered Son Jarocho, traditional Afro-Mexican music from Ve...

Reclaiming Our Homes

Nov 6 2020 • 2502 MIN

On March 14th of 2020, Martha Escudero and her two daughters became the first of a dozen unhoused families to occupy one of over a hundred vacant houses in El Sereno, Los Angeles. Some call them sq...

The American Dream Daughter: A Conversation With Author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Nov 3 2020 • 1907 MIN

On paper, author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio is the poster child for the American Dream. She’s a Harvard graduate, a Yale Ph.D. candidate, and, now, a 2020 National Book Award finalist for her debu...